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San Ildefonso Pueblo Black-on-black Candle Holders by Maria Martinez - C3849A
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Sat, Nov 26th 2016, 1:36pm
As published by Richard Spivey, Maria and Julian began producing plain polished black pottery around 1912 and Black-on-black pottery around 1919-1920. Julian continued to paint Maria's pottery until his untimely death in 1943. It was around 1925 that Julian's name began to appear alongside Maria's on their pottery. So, we see that there is only a period of about 18 years when the co-signed pottery was made.